Species that contain: Fowleria and aurita [ 2 ] records

auritus, Apogon Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:443 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8760. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:59 [ref. 12478]. •Valid as Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Dor 1984:118 [ref. 29757], Gon 1986:556 [ref. 5657], Allen & Swainston 1988:64 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:554 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:32 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:151 [ref. 15987], Allen 1993:16 [ref. 20779], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:282 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:31 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:164 [ref. 22896], Larson & Williams 1997:357 [ref. 23967], Allen 1997:100 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:151 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:234 [ref. 24106], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen 2000:88 [ref. 37268], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:101 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830], Gon & Randall 2003:35 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:68 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3320 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1102 [ref. 29004], Shao et al. 2008:250 [ref. 29952], Gon & Bogorodsky 2010:35 [ref. 31049], Larson et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:71 [ref. 33932], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426], Mabuchi et al. 2015:40 [ref. 34429], Fricke et al. 2018:168 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273], Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:12 [ref. 36965], Fraser et al. 2022:173 [ref. 39752], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:49 [ref. 40689]). Current status: Valid as Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes 1831). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes east to Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), Middleton Reef (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

punctulatus, Apogon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:88, Pl. 22 (fig. 4) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 1261 (1), 4685-86 (2). •Synonym of Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes 1831) -- (Dor 1984:118 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Fowleria punctulata (Rüppell 1838) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:554 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:152 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:106 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:357 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:152 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:132 [ref. 23965], Allen 1999:2607 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:614 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:32 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:36 [ref. 26830] as punculata, Myers & Donaldson 2003:624 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:68 [ref. 27510], Mabuchi et al. 2014:196 [ref. 33426]). •Possibly in the synonymy of Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:13 [ref. 36965]). •Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832) -- (Gon & Randall 2003:37 [ref. 26750], Randall 2005:201 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1103 [ref. 29004], Gon & Bogorodsky 2010:33 [ref. 31049], Golani & Fricke 2018:74 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes 1832). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea [if valid]. Habitat: marine.